Pre-game breakdown
The Army Men went to Perm shorthanded. Mikhail Kulagin, Nando De Colo and Cory Higgins stayed in Moscow.
The Ural team won its second major trophy last week by taking the Russian Cup. It should be noted that only Russian players are allowed to participate in the tournament. Our club was represented with CSKA-2.
Word to the coach
Dimitris Itoudis, CSKA head coach:
We need to bounce back after loss in our last game. Parma is definitely a very motivated team. They are low in the standings but they recently beat UNICS, they’ve changed coach, they’ve won the Russian Cup with Russian players only, so they have our respect.
Past matchups
Wins-losses: 4-0
2016-17 – VTB United League. Regular Season. CSKA – Parma: 98-74 (+24)
2016-17 – VTB United League. Regular Season. Parma – CSKA: 55-116 (+61)
2017-18 – VTB United League. Regular Season. CSKA – Parma: 101-94 (+7)
2017-18 – VTB United League. Regular Season. Parma – CSKA: 76-111 (+35)
Short dossier
Founded: 2012
Colors: blue, white
Home court: UPS Molot (7,000)
CEO: Alexander Bashminov
Head coach: Viacheslav Shushakov
Website: parmabasket.ru
Trophy case: 2-time Russian Cup winner (2016, 19), SuperLeague 1 bronze winner (2016)
